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The Constitution of Liberty (Postscript: 'Why I Am Not a Conservative')

Friedrich A. Hayek · University of Chicago Press · 1960

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Friedrich A. Hayek
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2026-09-01
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Checked in The Constitution of Liberty: The Definitive Edition, ed. Ronald Hamowy (University of Chicago Press, 2011; ISBN 9780226315379), Postscript, pp. 520–525.

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EstablishedFriedrich Hayek argued in 'Why I Am Not a Conservative' that conservatism 'by its very nature' cannot offer an alternative to the direction in which society is moving, and that conservatives are inclined to use the powers of government to prevent change and to protect an established hierarchy.